On 2021/12/28 14:56, Sven F. wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 2:07 PM Stuart Henderson < > stu.li...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > > On 2021-12-28, William Davis <daviswill...@icloud.com> wrote: > > 1. I can't seem to resolve MDNS names from OpenBSD, though I can > resolve > > OpenBSD's name from another machine (e.g with ping or ssh) > > OpenBSD doesn't suport this directly, you would need some kind of > proxy that converts dns requests to mdns. Untested but they do > exist (https://github.com/hardillb/dns-to-mdns, > https://github.com/wisq/mdns-proxy). > > > 2. I was trying to set up a LAN-only smtpd server on OpenBSD, but > > sendmail on my mac doesn't seem to be able to resolve OpenBSD's > name > > I guess that sendmail is probably doing DNS lookups directly rather > than hostname lookups so probably not converted to MDNS. > > > > > wikipedia : ```implemented by the Apple Bonjour and open source Avahi > ``` > > Isn't this somewhat found in the samba packages ? > I remember the dbus avahi bonjour stuff in there. > > just my 2 cents. > -- > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do
No. The local name resolution that is part of Avahi is only for OS with nsswitch.
